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What’s wrong with Intel (Nasdaq: INTC)? Wednesday it set still another 52-week low of $21.76, down 25% from its high.

The worldwide PC market experienced sharp decline in the third quarter of 2012 with shipments totaling 87.5 million units during the period, a drop of 8.3 percent compared with the third quarter of 2011, according to latest data from Gartner.

The release date for Windows 8 is quickly approaching, and Amazon has officially listed three versions of the software that will be available upon launch.

Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX), said he’ll retire as a director of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), at its Nov. 28 annual meeting.

Even before Microsoft could officially launch the Windows 8 OS Oct.26, Home Shopping Network (HSN), seems to have been in a tearing hurry as it promoted five laptops Oct.7, with a special offer on two new Gateway notebook PCs with Windows 8 pre-installed.

A new Windows Phone 8 device called the Lumia 810 will be released exclusively to T-Mobile in the coming weeks, the carrier announced on Monday.

As the Windows 8 release date approaches, one retailer has listed five PCs with Microsoft's approval that come with the software pre-installed.

HP's CEO Meg Whitman thinks the company can turn itself around by 2016. But HP, or parts of it, could become takeover targets.

The Windows 8 release date is almost here, and Microsoft has sent out another invitation to generate hype for its Surface tablet. The company has also revealed that it will be available starting at midnight on Oct. 26.

About one month before the Windows Phone 8 release date is expected to come, AT&T announced that Nokia's Lumia devices will be exclusive to the carrier.

Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) have finalized a strategic partnership to create Nook Media.

Though Microsoft has repeatedly denied launching a Windows phone, sources have confirmed that the company is indeed considering launching a Windows phone device as 'Plan B.'

The release date for Windows 8 and Microsoft's Surface tablet comes at the end of this month, and if all goes well a 'Surface' smartphone may appear in 2013.

Microsoft's Xbox 720 is rumored for a 2013 release, and news that the company is tightening security adds to those speculations.

Tech companies headed by Apple, IBM, Google and Microsoft are half of top 20 brands.

Agawi is inviting game developers to submit content with its new Windows 8 app, solidifying Microsoft’s move into cloud-based gaming.

Shares of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the No. 1 search engine, closed at an all-time high of $761.78, boosting its value above Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT).

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 software will soon be released on Nokia’s forthcoming Lumia devices, but the software company may be creating mobile hardware of its own. According to a report from the China Times, it has been working on a smartphone for four months.

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) will launch a news operation along with its Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10 as part of an overhaul for MSN.

Microsoft’s (Nasdaq:MSFT) search engine Bing and Klout are forming a strategic partnership that will allow the tech giant to invest in the new social media company and in turn feature Klout scores within Bing search results, the companies announced Thursday.

"Minecraft" creator Markus Persson isn't a fan of Windows 8. On Thursday he slammed Microsoft's upcoming operating system via Twitter, marking the second time he has publicly criticized the software.